Faucet.



LEUN L. THEURET, F MlCADVllLLlE, PENltlti'YLVANIr-lr.

FMUGET..

No. 79 7,4711.A

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ug. 15, 1905.

Application filed January 1, 1905. Serial No. 239,625.

To {IJ/, whe/it it 1n/ray concern:

Be it known that 1', L non L. Tirrimcrrr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at 729 Kennedy street, Meadville` in the county ofCrawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefullimprovements in Faucets, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to valves such as are generally used inconnection with an oil-receptacle and are provided with automatic meansto stop the How of liquid as soon as the lamp or pail into which thefaucet is discharging liquid has become filled.

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify theconstruction of such devices; furthermore, to increase their efiiciencyin operation and to decrease the expense attending their manufacture.

W ith the foregoing and other minor objects in view which will appear asthe description proceeds the invention resides in the particularcombination and arrangement of parts and in the precise details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodimentthereof.

1n the accompanying' drawing, forming a part of this specification, thefigure is a vertical section through the improved valve and thereceptacle with which it is connected.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates a receptacle which is supported in anysuitable manner, as by means of legs 2. Leading' from the upper portionof the tank 1 is an air-inlet pipe 3, which communicates with avalve-casing t, said valve-casing being attached to the receptacle 1 inany suitable manner, as by means of securing-flanges 5. The valve-casing4 is formed with at apering bore in which is mounted a rotary valve-plug6, having an operating-handle 7. '1`he inner end of the valve-plug 6 isreduced to form shoulders 8, which bear against the outside of thereceptacle 1. The reduced end 9 of the valve-plug 6 extends into thereceptacle and is provided with a removable collar 10. Surrounding thereduced portion 9 of the valve-plug 6 is a washer 11, against whichbears one end ef a coil-spring 12, the opposite end of said coilspringbearing against the removable collar 10. r1`he coil-spring' 12 serves tohold the valve-plug 6 tightly within the bore of the faucet.

r1`he valve-casing' 11 is formed with a liquidpassage 13, which isarranged transversely with respect to the bore, said valve-casing beingalso formed with a transverse air-passage la.

The transverse passages 13 and 1a terminate in the same horizontalplane., so that when the pail or receptacle (indicated by the dottedlines) becomes Iilled to such an extent that the lower ends of thepassages 13 and 111 are submerged in liquid the flow of liquid from thetank is automatically stopped through the inability of air to enter thepassage ili.

The valve-plug 6 is formed with a longitudinally-extendingliquid-passage 15, which is provided with a transverse terminal 16,adapted when the valve-plug' 6 is rotated to register with thetransverse liquid-passage 13. The valve-plug 6 is also formed with atransverse air-passage 17, which is adapted when the valve-plug' isrotated to register with the transverse air-passage let.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that when the faucetis closed the tank 1 is rendered air and liquid tight, and by a singleturn of the handle 7 air is permitted to enter the upper portion of thetank 1 and liquid is permitted to flow from the lower portion thereof.By reason of the fact that the transverse liquid and air passages 13 and14 terminate in the same horizontal plane the flow of liquid from thetank is automatieally stopped as soon as said passages become submerged,for which reason the overflowing of the vessel which is being chargedfrom the tank 1 is prevented.

It will be apparent that by the use of the coil-spring 12, together withthe tapering valve-plug 6, the valve-casing f1 is securely held inposition against the receptacle 1 without the necessity of soldering theflanges 5 to the receptacle or of using rivets and the like.

r1`he improved faucet of this invention is strong, simple, durable, andinexpensive in construction, as well as thoroughly ellicient inoperation.

Minor changes in the precise embodiment of invention illustrated anddescribed may be made within the scope of the following claims withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of theadvantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention. what is claimed as new is---- 1.The combination with a receptacle, of a valve-casing having a bore, atransverse liquid-passage and a transverse air-passage communicatingwith said bore, a valve-plug in said bore having a transverseair-passage and a longitudinally extending liquid passage formed with atransverse terminal adapted to register' with the transverseliquid-passage of the valve-casing, and an air-pipe connecting thevalve-casing with the upper end of the receptacle.

2. The combination with a receptacle, of a valve-casing having atapering bore, a transverse liquid-passage and a transverse air-passagecommunicating with the bore, a tapering valve-plug in said bore having atransverse air-passage, and a longitudinally-extending liquid-passageformed with a transverse terminal adapted to register with thetransverse liquid-passage of the valve-casing, the inner end of saidvalve-plug being reduced and eX- tending into the receptacle, aremovable eollar on the reduced end of said valve-plug, and acoil-spring surrounding the reduced end of LEON L. THEURET.

Vitnesses:

E. D. FIELDS, JOHN E. BIEMER.

